DGA TV nominations announced

'Mad Men,' HBO among Guild's top mentions

AMC’s “Mad Men” has scored a trio of Directors Guild of America TV nominations for drama series and HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiam” and Fox’s “Glee” each took a pair for comedy.

The DGA, which unveiled the small-screen nominations in eight categories Friday, will announce the winners Jan. 30 at its 62nd annual awards ceremonies at the Century Plaza. The DGA will send ballots to its 14,000 members.

The nods included a trio of season finales for “Mad Men,” “Curb” and ABC’s “Lost.” And in the comedy category, two shows — the pilot for ABC’s “Modern Family” and “Glee — are first-year shows.

Carter won the DGA’s drama series trophy in 1984 for an episode of “Hill Street Blues.”

Larry Charles, who directed “Borat,” took his third DGA nod for “Curb.” He faces competition from Jeff Schaffer for the “Curb” season finale, Jason Winer for the “Modern Family” pilot and Barclay and Ryan Murphy for the “Glee” segments.

Veteran TV director Paris Barclay garnered two noms — his ninth and 10th — for HBO’s “In Treatment” for drama and for “Glee” in comedy.

In drama series, Barclay’s competing against Jennifer Getzinger, Lesli Linka Glatter and Matthew Weiner — who all scored noms for “Mad Men” — and Jack Bender, who took his third nod for “Lost.”

Barclay, who won a DGA award in 1998 for “NYPD Blue,” also received two nominations in 2008 when he was tapped for “In Treatment” and Showtime comedy “Weeds.”

Amy Schatz took her fifth DGA nod for HBO’s “Hard Times for the American Girl: The Great Depression” in the children’s program category. Former DGA president Martha Coolidge received her third nom for HBO’s “An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong” in the category as did Fred Savage for the pilot of Disney XDs’ “Zeke & Luther.” Also scoring mentions were Allison Liddi-Brown for Disney Channel’s “Princess Protection Program” and Andy Wolk for ABC Family’s “Lincoln Heights: Time to Let Go.”

Television directors play a crucial role in eliciting performance, advancing the story and establishing the look and feel in all genres of television,” said DGA prexy Taylor Hackford. “The DGA Awards highlight the most outstanding examples of excellence in television each year, and our 41 nominees in eight categories have distinguished themselves with creative, compelling projects that entertained and informed a diverse worldwide audience. Congratulations to all of them.”

The DGA will announce its documentary film nominations on Tuesday.

Complete list of nominations:

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Miniseries for 2009 are (in alphabetical order):